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Cloze Procedure Passage 1 Use the words at the bottom of the sheet to complete this passage. The Titan Clydebank Crane was designed and built by (1) whose works at Dalmarnock in the east end of Glasgow, had been responsible for many notable structural engineering achievements such as the magnificent (2) tower Bridge and the new Tay Bridge, as well a numerous other bridges, shipyard gantries, and huge workshop buildings (3) all over Britain and across the world. The (4) of the crane was fabricated at Arrol s works, and its components brought to (5) for erection. Work began on site in (6) and the crane was completed in (7) In those days there was little consideration for (8) and the steel erecters worked in very (9) and exposed conditions. On completion, the crane was tested with a load of (10) after which it was handed over from its builders to its owners and available for work. April 1907 swimming 150 feet Clydebank 1906 safely structure 2008 dangerous safety April 2007 climbing Dumbarton Forth Railway Eiffel Tower John Brown Bridge and Co. erected Sir William Arrol weights 160 tons and Co.
TEACHER SHEET Cloze Procedure 1 Answer Sheet 1. Sir William Arrol and Co. 2. Forth Railway Bridge 3. erected 4. structure 5. Clydebank 6. 1906 7. April 1907 8. safety 9. dangerous 10. 160 tons
Cloze Procedure Passage 2 Purpose of the Crane Some of the words in the table below will help you to complete the passage. The heavy lift capacity of the crane was a necessary (1) of shipbuilding. It was the only way by which machinery could be (2) from the engine works to the engine room of a ship. Heavy lifting was the main purpose for which the crane was built. The (3) was essential for the second phase in shipbuilding called (4). Engines, cargo handling devices, passenger and crew accommodation, galleys, lifeboats and funnels were all fitted during this stage making the ship ready for (5) and able to carry out the tasks for which it was (6). The ships built at (7) ranged from modest cargo vessels to the largest, fastest, and most luxurious Atlantic liners. Clydebank also built many (8). The Titan crane was employed to lift guns, mountings and armour plate, but it was the great (9) of the gun mountings which determined the maximum lifting power of the crane when it was designed. In 1905/06 when the operational requirements of the crane were being defined, 150 tons was considered the maximum weight the crane would need to (10), however, by 1935 this lifting capacity was no longer enough. Titan Crane bench moved weight battle work part Glasgow found lift helped second sea designed steel Clydebank fitting out have bus warships
TEACHER SHEET Cloze Procedure 2 Answer Sheet 1. part 2. moved 3. Titan Crane 4. fitting out 5. sea 6. made 7. Clydebank 8. warships 9. weight 10. lift
Cloze Procedure Passage 3 How the crane worked Some of the words in the table below will help you to complete the passage. The Titan Clydebank was powered (1), although (2) cranes were still being built at that time even for fitting out. Electricity meant that the crane could be entirely under the control of (3) man, the driver, although in practise a (4) who kept the machinery lubricated also worked on the crane. The driver had an (5) view of the load and the ground in front of the crane from his (6) suspended beneath the left hand cantilever and responded to signals from (7) either visually given by hand or by a whistle with 1 peep for stop 2 for lower and 3 for hoist. The fitting out of (8) required the lifting of many hundreds of valuable loads varying from very modest ones to the maximum weight limit. However, there were a relatively (9) number of large lifts, less than twenty in the construction of an average merchant vessel and up to two hundred in a (10) ship. battle small happy greaser machine water electrically friend after cabin one grass vessels shore poor high steam before excellent below
TEACHER SHEET Cloze Procedure 3 Answer Sheet 1. electrically 2. steam 3. one 4. greaser 5. excellent 6. cabin 7. below 8. vessels 9. small 10. battle
Cloze Procedure Passage 4 View from the Crane Some of the words in the table below will help you to complete the passage. Whilst the (1) of hills is much the same today as it was in 1907, the built landscape would have been quite different. Firstly, very few structures were as (2) as the crane although another equally tall crane, the German built 150 ton hammerhead crane stood just one (3) to the west at Beardmore s Dalmuir shipyard. Looking out towards (4) and Glasgow over the jib of the 150 ton crane Renfrew Town Hall Spire and Glasgow University (5)would have been as prominent as they are today. There were no tower blocks or any description and far fewer housing (6). If that presents a far less busy landscape than that of today, the opposite can be said of the River Clyde. In 1907, the Clyde was a (7) river with a constant procession of (8) and river craft playing up and down. Rothesey Dock had just opened as the main point in the river for coal imports. The shipyard was a (9) of activity with many ships under construction but nothing to rival the imposing presence of (10). The hulls being built on the berths would have been shrouded by timber staging and light pole Derrick Cranes capable of lifting just three tons. The era of large cranes on the building berths was yet to dawn. weather landscape transport car estates Titan Clydebank bustling lift tall right ships cycle door tower Renfrew green hive mile exit purpose
TEACHER SHEET Cloze Procedure 4 Answer Sheet 1. landscape 2. tall 3. mile 4. Renfrew 5. tower 6. estates 7. bustling 8. ships 9. hive 10. Titan Clydebank